# Accident 19760711019489A: Piper PA24250, Chadron, NE, July 11, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1976
- Place: Chadron, NE
- Airport: Chadron Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 42.8376° N, 103.0954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHADRON MUNI (CDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8376&lon=-103.0954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7125P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7125P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 803 total, 115 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DCJ47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCJ47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760711019489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WING TIP HIT THE GND PLT LOST CTL.LNDD IN A ROUGH HAY FLD.WIND GUSTING 22K.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC76DCJ47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCJ47), Jul 11, 1976: Piper PA-24 (N7125P), Chadron, NE, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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